Definition: Benchmarking, is a tool of strategic management, that allows the organization to set goals and measure productivity, on the basis of the best industry practices. It is a practice in which quality level is used as a point of reference to evaluate things by making a comparison. The process helps in comparing and gauging the processes, programs, strategies and … [Read more...] about Benchmarking
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Change Agent
Definition: In business parlance, a change agent is an individual or group, who carry out the task of instigating and managing change in the organization. He/She is someone, who directly or indirectly influences change, i.e. the change agents are appointed by the organizations to transform the ways, the organization is managed, or the business is conducted. Types of Change … [Read more...] about Change Agent
IPO
IPO stands for Initial Public Offering, which is the first sale of the stock by a private or any government company that opens to the general public. The company which comes with an IPO can be new, a budding company or an old company which decides to be listed on an exchange and therefore, goes public. In an IPO the company can raise equity capital by issuing new shares to … [Read more...] about IPO
Demat Account
The word 'Demat' is the colloquial short word for 'Dematerialized account' which is a type of an account where shares and securities are held electronically to enable trading transaction & settlements in stock exchange, thereby eliminating the need of physical financial instrument. It was in the year 1996 when it was first introduced in India after the introduction of … [Read more...] about Demat Account
Measures of Central Tendency
Definition: Measures of Central Tendency helps in identifying the single value around which all the data in a group (observations) have a tendency to cluster. Simply, a measure of central tendency is the value considered as the most representative figure of the entire data set. A measure of central tendency helps in identifying the center of all the observations and … [Read more...] about Measures of Central Tendency
Foreclosure Process
Definition: Foreclosure is a process in which the lender tries to recover the loan balance from the borrower, who has missed out the loan payment, by canceling the borrower’s right to redemption of property held as collateral with the mortgage holder and selling it to recover the amount due to him. Foreclosure Process Missed Payments: When the homeowner or borrower … [Read more...] about Foreclosure Process
Foreclosure
Definition: Foreclosure is a legal process wherein the lender tries to recover the balance of a loan from the homeowner (borrower), who defaults the payment of the mortgage, by making the forceful sale of the asset used as collateral against the loan. In other words, a legal right of the lender to forfeit the homeowner’s (borrower) right to property because of the … [Read more...] about Foreclosure
Chi-Square Test
Definition: The Chi-Square Test is the widely used non-parametric statistical test that describes the magnitude of discrepancy between the observed data and the data expected to be obtained with a specific hypothesis. The observed and expected frequencies are said to be completely coinciding when the χ2 = 0 and as the value of χ2 increases the discrepancy between the … [Read more...] about Chi-Square Test
Chi-Square Distribution
Definition: The Chi-Square Distribution, denoted as χ2 is related to the standard normal distribution such as, if the independent normal variable, let’s say Z assumes the standard normal distribution, then the square of this normal variable Z2 has the chi-square distribution with ‘K’ degrees of freedom. Here, K is the sum of the independent squared normal variables. The … [Read more...] about Chi-Square Distribution
Properties of F-Distribution
Definition: The F-distribution depends on the degrees of freedom and is usually defined as the ratio of variances of two populations normally distributed and therefore it is also called as Variance Ratio Distribution. Properties of F-Distribution There are several properties of F-distribution which are explained below: The F-distribution is positively skewed and with the … [Read more...] about Properties of F-Distribution